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Table 1 Imaging and clinical characteristics of cosmetic filler and grafts

From: Imaging feature of cosmetic fillers in cone-beam computed tomography and its dental consideration

Morphology

Density

Panoramic radiography

Mean age (years)

Location

Number of cases

Single

Round

Between soft and hard tissue

Not visible

32.9 ± 13.8

Symphysis

6

Zygoma

1

Multiple

Speckles

Hard tissue

Not visible

58.3 ± 22.8

Buccal space

2

Buccal, retroantral,

parotid space

1

Eggshell and speckle mixture

Hard tissue

Partly visible

76.0 ± 3.6

Buccal space

2

Buccal, retroantral space

1

Round and eggshell mixture

Soft and hard tissue mixture

Not visible

64.5 ± 6.4

Buccal, retroantral space

2

Round and amorphous mixtures

Soft tissue

Not visible

54.8 ± 17.3

Buccal space

4

Linear

Metal

Visible

40.0 ± 24.0

Buccal space

1

Buccal, parotid space

1

Nose

1